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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-084785"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACU"
cik: "0000002098"
company_name: "ACME UNITED CORP"
filed_at: "2024-07-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T19:18:05.689813+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acme United Q2 net income up 29% to $4.5M; EPS $1.09 vs $0.96; revenue $55.4M +4%

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $55.4M (+4% YoY); excluding divested hunting/fishing lines, organic growth 8%.
- Diluted EPS $1.09 vs $0.96; net income $4.5M, up 29% from $3.4M.
- Gross margin expanded to 40.8% from 37.5% on manufacturing productivity improvements.
- Acquired Elite First Aid on May 23; its 2023 revenue was ~$4.2M, bolstering emergency response line.
- Bank debt less cash fell to $33.1M from $47.5M; generated $8.5M free cash flow in trailing 12 months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-084785
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACU
- cik: 0000002098
- company_name: ACME UNITED CORP
- filed_at: 2024-07-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000095017024084785/0000950170-24-084785-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000095017024084785/acu-20240719.htm

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